A new species of Nicippe from the Bering Sea (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Pardaliscidae), with a redescription of N. tumida

A new pardaliscid amphipod, Nicippe beringensis, is described from the Bering Sea at depths between 520 and 536 m, and N. tumida Bruzelius, 1859 is redescribed based on specimens from Fredrikshald, Norway, near the species’ type locality. Nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase su...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:ZooKeys
Main Authors: Ko Tomikawa, Keiichi Kakui, Yoshihiro Fujiwara
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020
Subjects:
Zoology
QL1-991
Bering Sea
Norway
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.965.51749
https://doaj.org/article/5b6eb36fc38842b7aa305b08f19aea46
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Summary:A new pardaliscid amphipod, Nicippe beringensis, is described from the Bering Sea at depths between 520 and 536 m, and N. tumida Bruzelius, 1859 is redescribed based on specimens from Fredrikshald, Norway, near the species’ type locality. Nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) from the holotype and a paratype of N. beringensis sp. nov. are reported. While N. beringensis sp. nov. is similar to N. tumida, it differs from the latter in having an asetose palp article 1 of maxilla 1, a gnathopod 1 coxa with a straight distal edge, and in the posterior margin of the basis of gnathopods 1 and 2, and pereopod 3, being heavily setose in females. A key to species of Nicippe is provided.

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